40 datasets found

This study uses an analysis of new data on deforestation in the humid tropics to estimate deforestation within protected areas between 2000 and 2005. These estimates are used in...

This paper reviews the potential for carbon sequestration in dryland ecosystems, which includes forests, but also covers other habitats, such as grasslands, and, importantly,...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently discussing the development of a mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing...

​The flyer describes the work on REDD+ planning conduct by the UN-REDD Programme in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC. After summarising the importance of using spatial analyses to...

Carbon emissions from deforestation account for an estimated 20% of global carbon emissions(IPCC2007); second only to that produced by fossil fuel combustion. To successfully...

​In September 2009, UNEP-WCMC and Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), with support from GTZ, BMU and BfN, investigated the distribution of carbon and...

Land-use change, primarily through tropical forest loss and degradation, is estimated to contribute 6–17% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (van der Werf et...

Spatial analyses relating to co-benefits can provide key information to support planning and decision-making on REDD+ at national and sub-national scales. To do so, they should...

This paper combines up-to-date, spatially explicit data for the humid tropics on carbon stocks within biomass (Ruesch & Gibbs, Reference Ruesch and Gibbs2008) and soil...

​This briefing illustrates with maps the protection status, biodiversity value and potential pressures on the peat swamp forest of the Central Congo Basin Peatlands. CongoPeat...

​The 24 page demonstration atlas, launched at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, shows that areas high in both...

The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Collaborative Initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The...

This report, (April 2009) was commissioned by UNEP from Edward Barbier of the University of Wyoming to act as the back bone to the upcoming ‘Green Economy Report.’ This paper is...

This synthesis examines the critical role of forests in a green economy, and provides policy recommendations to radically transform the forest sector such that it can lead to...

Prepared in conjunction with the 2008 launch of the SEFI Public Finance Alliance. This document supports the establishment of an international platform for managers of public...

This guidebook is intended to support educators in developing their understanding of the science of climate change, observed and anticipated impacts, and different possible...

This study is part of a larger research project on Promoting Low-Carbon Transport in India, a major initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), referred to as...

This guidebook is prepared to link the outputs from the national Low Carbon Transport assessment with the process of developing Low-carbon Comprehensive Mobility Plans (LCMP)...

This Guidebook is part of the CDM knowledge management tools produced by the Capacity Development for CDM (CD4CDM) Project, being implemented by the UNEP RISOE Centre, Denmark....

This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal...